Michael Lighty, public policy director for the California Nurses Association, has been sworn in as the newest commissioner at the Port of Oakland. Lighty takes the place of Anthony Batarse Jr., an auto salesman, who served on...
Read MoreCargo traffic at the two main Puget Sound container ports continued to move on different tangents during 2009, with Seattle continuing to report monthly increases in container volumes in the last half of the year and Tacoma...
Read MoreAnother sign that U.S. West Coast seaports may finally be rebounding was reflected in new December numbers in the Pacific Northwest. When the Southern California ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach reported a surge in throughput...
Read MoreCXT, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of L.B. Foster Co., has been awarded a contract by West Rail Construction to supply 23,000 concrete rail ties for the unloading system at EGT Development’s Columbia River Grain Terminal. CXT...
Read MoreThe $5.25 billion Panama Canal project, scheduled for completionin 2014, may take business from ports including Los Angeles and Seattle, and railroads including Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. It costs as much as $1,000 more...
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